Input method - current user's input method forced to change?

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@anon39617291

So what is our consensus here?

Well, its not definitive but so far I am tending towards

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Though … for that month or so prior there would have been sdl2 in both the Stable repos and the AUR … so maybe it got built at some point during that time?

When considered alongside the use of pamac this seems the most likely candidate for me - whether it occurred previously and established the AUR package or was created by some confusion during this single transaction.

Something with sdl2 being in the AUR and have the fcitx5 build depend and the use of pamac (repo+aur).

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Is an input method required by sdl2 and sdl3 now, where it was not required prior to 2025.02.16 update?

Nope. Neither sdl2-compat nor sdl3 require fcitx5.
Even if you reverted to sdl2 from the AUR fcitx5 would still not be required except to build the package.
( Aside from not exhibiting the issue of source ‘confusion’, every competent AUR helper provides ways to automatically remove build depends after transactions. Let alone removing the AUR from the equation and using pacman alone - I doubt would have created this scenario. [Would be an interesting test if someone uses backups. ])

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And if I choose to “defy” such mandate, is it safe for me to remove fcitx5?

I dont know why you are so eager to paint this with overtures to authoritarianism.
Its just a package exchange.
( even if an undesirable one )

But yes, you can safely remove fcitx5 and related packages … as shown by the dependencies.